Post by The Ace on Feb 7, 2010 12:12:19 GMT -5
*There's an otherwordly hum of noise reverberating over the speakers. The lights throughout the arena rise to blinding levels. It's an actual whiteout. Moments later the lights all shut off as the music falls silent. Then as the first chords of Knights of Cydonia by Muse begins to play the laser lights start flicking across the room. The Titantron plays a video of someone in darkness training for a fight. During this time a light mist covers the stage.
As the guitar becomes slowly more prominent the lights start coming up again to normal levels... but there's no one on the stage. The Guitar performs a slide as the lights slide back to dark with it. At the end the song jumps to the main guitar solo of the song. At the same time everything kicks off together and an explosion of white fireworks explodes about the tron as out onto the stage runs a man dressed in his traditional white wrestling tights with silver trim and a plain white training jacket.
Amber Ashe: The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall, introducing first...now residing in Los Angeles California, weighing in at 240 pounds...DAVE HOLLAND!
He jumps in the air and spins around greeting his massive fanbase. Above him the tron now shows off just who he is. The man looks up and smiles as he looks at it.*
Eric: This man has some serious personal issues to deal with tonight, I hope that he doesn't let that affect his judgment too much...
Carter: These people would still cheer him, even if his entrance gave half of them an epileptic fit...
Dave waits at the bottom of the ramp as Trade Yourself by Shinedown hits the PA system and the fans are on their feet in anticipation. As the song picks up smoke rises and finally the pyros are set off with one big bang as Adam Knite steps out onto the ramp with his arms outstretched.
Amber Ashe: And his tag team partner, from Dallas Texas, weighing in at 265 pounds...'RAPTOR' ADAM KNITE!
He walks to the ring soaking in the fans cheers before reaching the ring, Adam nods at Dave and both men enter the ring where Adam climbs up onto the apron and springs into the ring. Knite immediately runs to the nearest corner and climbs up holding out his arms for the fans to cheer him on. After a brief stay on the turnbuckles, Adam jumps off and waits for the match to begin
Eric: And here is the man who has a serious grudge to settle here tonight, the number one contender for the Xtreme title...
Carter: What has he done to deserve it? Oh, that's right, he slept with the boss' daughter...
*The arena blacks out as all the lights drop. The stage is slowly covered with a fog as a heartbeat sounds over the speaker systems. Beat by beat the lights start to return but they only glow with a red light and the light never exceeds a very dim level. The heartbeat speeds up as onto the ncw-tron appear images. Twisted, distorted images of a large man. Photographs are shown torn in two. These images are slightly clearer and all show people we have witnessed in nCw. Dave Holland and Castor Holland, always accompanied by Milo Holland. Onto the stage steps the man himself, Milo Holland. Slightly behind him as always stands Conrad Jones, possibly the most hated man in nCw. Guitars kick in, whining away as Milo starts his way slowly down the ramp. The braver fans in the crowd boo him and his manager but the rest keep quiet.
Amber Ashe: And their opponents, introducing first, being accompanied to the ring by Conrad Jones, weighing in at 327 pounds, 'The Dark Warrior' MILO HOLLAND!
Milo reaches the base of the ramp as the music, now recogniseable as Crooked X's Nightmare, changes to the heavier sounding guitar, flames erupting back on the stage as the first chord hits. Milo makes his way into the ring with no regard for anyone. His eyes fixed ahead, his face visibly repressing rage to be unleashed upon his oppponent. The lights return to normal but this newly fallen Milo doesn't even bat an eyelid.*
Eric: This is ridiculous, why is Conrad out here? Dave hasn't brought Terry Tate with him...
Carter: Because Dave is an idiot who thinks he can survive on his own against a monster like Milo...
As the opening guitar plays, the titantron shows a small white circle with the 'Spade' symbol within it move across the screen, then as it disappears a larger gun barrel appears from the right and moves with a silhouette of The Ace in it into the centre, the silhouette faces the camera draws a gun and fires. The bullet heads towards the screen before shattering a Jack of Hearts. Huge pyro explodes either side of the ramp as cards begin to fall from the rafters. The lyrics to 'You Know My Name' by Chris Cornell begin as The Ace appears on stage with the Xtreme title over his shoulder. The titantron shows The Ace delivering Ace-Plants to Phillip Burns and Showtyme.
Amber Ashe: And his tag tam partner, from Birmingham, England, weighing in at 246 pounds, he is the current reigning NCW Xtreme Champion...THE ACE!
The Ace walks down the ramp through the shower of falling cards and at the bottom of the ramp the cards stop falling as The Ace confidently struts over to the steel steps, sliding the belt under the bottom rope. He climbs them and then asks the referee to part the ring ropes for him as The Ace steps through them. He picks up the Xtreme title and walks over to the adjacent turnbuckle, climbing the second rope. He raises both arms in the air, the Xtreme title in his right hand. The Ace then climbs down an he walks to the middle of the ring as the song fades...
Eric: I see The Ace hasn't brought Kathy with him tonight, I wonder why, could it be that he doesn't trust Milo after what happened to Ruth, even though Conrad claims this is not the same Milo Holland?
Carter: Rumour has it that she is still recovering from an injured shoulder from her battle with Roxi last week...
Conrad instructs Milo to get back and let The Ace start the match, Dave smirks as he changes his mind and lets Adam Knite start the match...Adam gets into the ring, eager to get his hands on the Xtreme Champion...
Eric: It could be a preview of Last Stand right here...
The opening bell rings and Adam charges at The Ace and drops him with a stiff clothesline in the corner, The Ace rolls under the bottom rope away from a fuming Knite who tries to stomp him into the canvas...the crowd boo The Ace's cowardly retreat...
Eric: Ace wants no part of Knite...
Carter: Or he's just taking a breather...
Eric rolls his eyes at Carter as The Ace glares at Adam, shaking his head as Adam yells at him. The referee warns The Ace that he'll start the count if he doesn't get back in the ring. The Ace waves his hand away as if to say it wasn't worth it and turns around and begins walking away.
Eric: Can you believe this Carter? The Ace is walking away from the match!
The referee begins his count...1...2...3...4...5...Adam shakes his head and runs out of the ring after The Ace, he clotheslines The Ace in the back of the head on the ramp as the crowd cheer, Adam stomps him a few times before dragging The Ace back to his feet and placing him in a headlock as he leads him back to the ring...
Eric: The Xtreme Champion isn't going to get away from Knite that easy...
The referee has reached a count of 6 in his double count, as Adam rolls Ace under the botom rope back into the ring, The Ace quickly tags in Milo as Adam gets back into the ring, The Ace smirks as he stands on the apron looking at the shock on Adam's face as the big man stares at Adam through cold and emotionless eyes.
Carter: Business is about to pick up now...
Eric: Look at Ace, now he's enjoying himself...
Adam leaves his feet and attempts a standing dropkick but this merely staggers Milo back a few steps, Adam tries to run at the big man but gets caught by the throat, Milo walks Adam back into the middle of the ring, still in his grip.
Carter: If Milo hits this, it could be over quick.
Eric: No kidding...
Just as Milo is about to lift Adam up, Knite kicks him in the inside of his leg forcing Milo to double over and release him, Adam takes the opportunity to drop the big man with a single arm DDT...
Eric: Great counter by Knite there...
Carter: It was ok I suppose...
Adam runs to the ropes and rebounds off them attempting to hit a running Leg Drop on the fallen Milo but at the last second Milo rolls out of the way and Adam lands on his backside.
Carter: Now that was great!
Eric: Knite took a chance but this time it didn't pay off...
Milo is now back to his feet and he walks over to Adam before pulling him to his feet and scooping him up into a huge sidewalk slam right in the middle of the ring...Milo covers rather sloppily...1...2,,,Adam gets a shoulder up...
Carter: That was close...
Eric: But Milo's cover was rather arrogant in my opinion...
Carter: Conrad must be rubbing off on him...
Eric: Or Milo just wants to hurt Adam more...
Adam quickly rolls over to his corner where Dave is reaching out, as the crowd are cheering, but Milo is also back to his feet and before Adam can make the tag, Milo grabs Adam's leg and pulls him back. The crowd boo as The Ace is shouting encouragement to Milo...
Eric: Adam almost got the tag to Dave there...
Carter: But almost doesn't count...
Milo drags Adam by the leg over to the middle of the ring and stomps on it a few times, he then looks over at Dave and makes a cut throat gesture, but in his zealousness, Milo gets caught in a quick schoolboy roll up by the crafty Knite...1...2...Milo kicks out with such power that Knite almost falls over as he staggers back into the ropes...
Eric: Thst mistake by Milo almost cost him the matchh...
Carter: Yeah, but it didn't...
Milo gets slowly back to his feet and doesn't look too happy about almost losing the match as he stares at Adam, Knite stands firm as he stares back at Milo and tries to nail him with a Pwrfect Dark, but Milo catches Adam's foot. Adam then hops briefly on one fot before nailing Milo in the back of the head with an enziguri which finally brings Milo to his knees...
Eric: Knite caught Milo in the back of the head with that enziguri...
Carter: But Milo is still not down...
Adam wastes no time as he runs to the ropes and on the rebound knees Milo in the side of the head, finally knocking the big man down...
Eric: Now he is...
Adam quickly spots his chance and runs over to the corner to tag in Dave...
Eric: Knite got the tag...
Carter: And now its going to be brother against brother...
ave looks a bit hesitant to fight Milo as he steps through the ropes, but then Dave spots The Ace now begging for the tag, jumping up and down on the apron...Milo slowly gets to his feet and stares at his brother for a moment...
Eric: Look at Ace, all of a sudden he wants in...
Carter: I think he feels well rested enough now...
Eric: You are unbelievable...
Carter Thanks for noticing...
Dave points to The Ace and steps back as if telling Milo he was free to make the tag. Milo looks over at The Ace and slowly walks over and tags in the eager Xtreme Champion. The Ace steps through the ropes smirking...
Eric: This is the renewal of a classic rivalry here, these two men have never quite seen eye to eye...
Carter: No doubt there is a lot of history there...
The two rivals meet in the centre of the ring and The Ace is the first to strike with a stiff right hand to Dave's face, Dave answers with a right of his own. The two men exchange several blows but when neither man is able to gain any significant advantage, Conrad hops up on the apron to distract the referee giving The Ace the chance to kick Dave in the groin with a very deliberate low blow, the crowd boo mercilessly...
Eric: That's not right!
Carter: It is when the referee never saw it
As Dave hunches forward in pain, The Ace delivers a massive chop to the chest which knocks Dave down as The Ace lets out an emphatic 'woo' and laughs at the crowd's disapproval, he quickly grabs Dave's leg and kicks the inner thigh a few times before attempting the Figure Four Leg Lock, however Dave anticipates and grabs The Ace in an inside cradle to counter the move as the crowd erupt...
Eric: Inside cradle...it could be over here...
1...2...The Ace kicks out...
Carter: Haha, not that easy to get one over on the Xtreme Champion...
Dave doesn't allow himself to get frustrated and simply waits for The Ace to get back to his feet, before kicking him in the gut setting him up for a suplex but The Ace wraps his ankle around Dave's to block it before trying a suplex of his own, but as The Ace hoists Dave in the air, Dave shifts his body weight and squirm out of it landing on his feet behind Ace.
Eric: Impressive efforts by both men there...
Dave grabs The Ace in a waist lock as if he's going to attempt a German Suplex, but The Ace executes a standing switch, which Dave promptly reverses back into a switch of his own and finally hits a release German Suplex. The crowd cheer as Dave nips back up to his feet and goes over to drag Ace back to his, Dave tries to whip The Ace across the ring but The Ace reverses and Dave is whipped into the corner where Milo is. The Ace charges attempting to hit a back elbow but Dave raises his boot and kicks The Ace in the face. The Ace staggers holding his jaw and Dave wastes no time in going for a bulldog.
Eric: Counter after counter after counter...
Carter:These two men know each other so well...
Dave nails the bulldog much to the crowd's delight and points to the turnbuckle before climbing it, Dave signals for the Diamond Flight and just as Milo is about to knock Dave off, Conrad stops hi, with a simple instruction.
Eric: Milo was going to knock his brother off the top rope
Carter: And Conrad stopped him, the question is why?
Dave dives off for a perfect Diamond Flight, but at the last moment The Ace rolls out of the way and Dave hits nothing but canvas. Dave writhes in pain.
Carter: Nobody home that time...
Eric: It looks like Ace i going to go for the cover...
The Ace rolls Dave onto his back and hooks the leg...1...2...Dave barely rolls a shoulder out as the crowd cheer. The Ace pulls Dave up to his feet and attempts to set up Dave for the PokerfAce, but Dave counters it into a backslide pin...1...2...The Ace kicks out....
Eric: What a match!
Carter: Amazing...
Both men meet in the centre of the ring again and this time Dave delivers a few stiff rights to The Ace before setting him up for a Russian Leg Sweep, but The Ace blocks it with his leg and instead counters with the Russian Roulette...1...2...Knite comes in to break it up...
Carter: The Ace almost had it there!
Eric: Knite saves his partner...
Milo comes in at this point and takes down Knite with a stiff clothesline as Conrad once again keeps the referee's attention, Milo follows up with a few stomps to Knite's gut. In all commotion, The Ace gets out of the ring and looks for a weapon under the apron. A few moments later, he emerges with his steel roulette table rake and a sadistic smile on his face. The Ace re-enters the ring and clocks Dave in the head with it, busting him open while at the same time Milo nails Adam with a chokeslam. Knite rolls under the bottom rope out of the ring as Milo returns to his corner and The Ace slides the weapon out of the ring. The Ace goes for the cover as Conrad hops off the apron allowing the referee to do his job again.
Eric: No...not this way!
1...
Eric: Damn it...
2...
Eric: NO!
Dave is close enough to the ropes and somehow manages to put his foot on the bottom rope as the crowd go nuts for their hero...
Eric: He got hiss foot on the rope!
The referee stops the count and explains to The Ace about Dave having his foot on the rope, The Ace can't believe it and starts arguing with the referee. he shoves him and the referee shoves him back pointing to his shirt and yelling. Meanwhile Milo has hopped off the apron and both he and Conrad are laying the boots into the fallen Adam Knite. Dave staggers back to his feet slowly and stomps his foot, rallying the crowd behind him, he sprints up towards The Ace. but at the last moment The Ace spots it and ducks and the referee gets nailed with the full force of he Magic Touch. The referee's eyes roll into the back of his head as he rolls out of the ring and collapses.
Eric: My God the referee is out!
Carter: The Ace ducked that kick, but the referee wasn't so lucky...
Milo and Conrad whip Knite into the steel barricade and Milo picks him up above his head and drops Knite chest first into it, Milo and Conrad leave Knite slumped over the barricade and with the referee out, Milo enters the ring and delivers a huge uppercut to his brother which knocks the bloody Dave down, meanwhile Conrad enters the ring with a steel chair and wraps it around Dave's right ankle. He then barks instructions to Milo and The Ace and all three men stomp on the chair as Dave recoils and writhes in pain...
Eric: This is not right...somebody stop this!
Carter: Why don't you, Hardy?
The Ace kicks the chair away, before dropping to one knee and grabbing Dave's ankle in an ankle lock, Dave screams in pain as The Ace gets to his feet applying more pressure. Dave taps the mat repeatedly as The Ace laughs. Suddenly The Ace stops laughing as Knite nails him in the side of the head with a Perfect Dark. The crowd go nuts. Adam picks up the fallen chair and uses it to stab Milo in the gut and smack him in the head, the crowd roar with approval, as Knite nails Conrad too.
Carter: Where the hell did Knite come from?
Eric: I don't know but he just saved his partner!
He drops the chair and drags a semi concious Dave by the arm over the fallen Ace. Knite then quickly runs around to revive the referee and slides him into the ring, the woozy referee makes the count...1...2...somehow The Ace rolls a shoulder up!
Eric: My God, this match continues!
Carter: I guess The Ace is showing us all why he's a Champion...
Knite is in disbelief on the apron and wills Dave to make the tag, Dave shakes the cobwebs from his mind and limps over on his good leg to Knite, bleeding and in pain, and somehow manages to tag in the renewed Knite. The crowd are ecstatic.
Eric: Now Knite is in...
Carter: And The Ace has no partner to tag...
Eric: So this will be a preview of Last Stand...
The Ace kicks Knite in the gut and attempts a FameAcer, but Knite drops straight to the canvas, causing The Ace to fall on his ass...
Eric: Unique counter by Knite there...
Adam seizes the opportunity to grab The Ace's leg and roll him onto his stomach before applying A Restless Knite to The Ace who is in the middle of the ring with nowhere to go. The crowd are cheering as The Ace is screaming and crawling on his elbows to the ropes but the relentless Adam pulls him back, the referee is on his knees asking The Ace if he wants to give it up...The Ace shakes his head but has his arm raised as if he is about to tap, when suddenly Kathy runs through the crowd and jumps over the barricade, she grabs The Ace's Xtreme Championship from ringside and nails Adam Knite in the back of the head with it before running out the other side of the ring before the referee realises. Dave hops off the apron, clutching his head and attempts to chase Kathy away but as he approaches the foot of the ramp, limping as she is backpedalling, Kathy nails Dave with the belt too.
Eric: That damn Kathy!
Carter: She's just helping her man, Hardy!
Back in the ring, Knite staggers, wincing in pain. clutching the back of his head as The Ace slowly makes it back to his feet, trying to shake some feeling back into his leg he suddenly grabs Knite's head and nails a Reversal Of Fortune out of nowhere...he quickly follows up by hooking the leg...1...2...3!
Eric: Out of nowhere! The Ace has stolen it...
Carter: And just that quick, its over!
Amber Ashe: Here are your winners...MILO HOLLAND AND THE ACE!
'You Know My Name' hits as the crowd boo and The Ace walks over and drops off the edge of the ring apron and limps slowly over to his wife, who hands him his Xtreme Championship, as he realises he is at the foot of the standing over the body of a battered, broken and bleeding Dave Holland. He puts an arm around his wife's waist and raises the title high in the air in his right hand to overwhelming boos as Knite looks on, from the canvas seething.
Eric: Will this be the scene at Last Stand?
The Ace and Kathy kiss pasionately over the fallen body of Dave Holland, and in the warmth of her embrace, The Ace felt the spectre of Ruth and of failure to defeat Dave Holland leave his heart. He was finally complete and the journey to a victory that had eluded him for so many years was finally over.
As the guitar becomes slowly more prominent the lights start coming up again to normal levels... but there's no one on the stage. The Guitar performs a slide as the lights slide back to dark with it. At the end the song jumps to the main guitar solo of the song. At the same time everything kicks off together and an explosion of white fireworks explodes about the tron as out onto the stage runs a man dressed in his traditional white wrestling tights with silver trim and a plain white training jacket.
Amber Ashe: The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall, introducing first...now residing in Los Angeles California, weighing in at 240 pounds...DAVE HOLLAND!
He jumps in the air and spins around greeting his massive fanbase. Above him the tron now shows off just who he is. The man looks up and smiles as he looks at it.*
Eric: This man has some serious personal issues to deal with tonight, I hope that he doesn't let that affect his judgment too much...
Carter: These people would still cheer him, even if his entrance gave half of them an epileptic fit...
Dave waits at the bottom of the ramp as Trade Yourself by Shinedown hits the PA system and the fans are on their feet in anticipation. As the song picks up smoke rises and finally the pyros are set off with one big bang as Adam Knite steps out onto the ramp with his arms outstretched.
Amber Ashe: And his tag team partner, from Dallas Texas, weighing in at 265 pounds...'RAPTOR' ADAM KNITE!
He walks to the ring soaking in the fans cheers before reaching the ring, Adam nods at Dave and both men enter the ring where Adam climbs up onto the apron and springs into the ring. Knite immediately runs to the nearest corner and climbs up holding out his arms for the fans to cheer him on. After a brief stay on the turnbuckles, Adam jumps off and waits for the match to begin
Eric: And here is the man who has a serious grudge to settle here tonight, the number one contender for the Xtreme title...
Carter: What has he done to deserve it? Oh, that's right, he slept with the boss' daughter...
*The arena blacks out as all the lights drop. The stage is slowly covered with a fog as a heartbeat sounds over the speaker systems. Beat by beat the lights start to return but they only glow with a red light and the light never exceeds a very dim level. The heartbeat speeds up as onto the ncw-tron appear images. Twisted, distorted images of a large man. Photographs are shown torn in two. These images are slightly clearer and all show people we have witnessed in nCw. Dave Holland and Castor Holland, always accompanied by Milo Holland. Onto the stage steps the man himself, Milo Holland. Slightly behind him as always stands Conrad Jones, possibly the most hated man in nCw. Guitars kick in, whining away as Milo starts his way slowly down the ramp. The braver fans in the crowd boo him and his manager but the rest keep quiet.
Amber Ashe: And their opponents, introducing first, being accompanied to the ring by Conrad Jones, weighing in at 327 pounds, 'The Dark Warrior' MILO HOLLAND!
Milo reaches the base of the ramp as the music, now recogniseable as Crooked X's Nightmare, changes to the heavier sounding guitar, flames erupting back on the stage as the first chord hits. Milo makes his way into the ring with no regard for anyone. His eyes fixed ahead, his face visibly repressing rage to be unleashed upon his oppponent. The lights return to normal but this newly fallen Milo doesn't even bat an eyelid.*
Eric: This is ridiculous, why is Conrad out here? Dave hasn't brought Terry Tate with him...
Carter: Because Dave is an idiot who thinks he can survive on his own against a monster like Milo...
As the opening guitar plays, the titantron shows a small white circle with the 'Spade' symbol within it move across the screen, then as it disappears a larger gun barrel appears from the right and moves with a silhouette of The Ace in it into the centre, the silhouette faces the camera draws a gun and fires. The bullet heads towards the screen before shattering a Jack of Hearts. Huge pyro explodes either side of the ramp as cards begin to fall from the rafters. The lyrics to 'You Know My Name' by Chris Cornell begin as The Ace appears on stage with the Xtreme title over his shoulder. The titantron shows The Ace delivering Ace-Plants to Phillip Burns and Showtyme.
Amber Ashe: And his tag tam partner, from Birmingham, England, weighing in at 246 pounds, he is the current reigning NCW Xtreme Champion...THE ACE!
The Ace walks down the ramp through the shower of falling cards and at the bottom of the ramp the cards stop falling as The Ace confidently struts over to the steel steps, sliding the belt under the bottom rope. He climbs them and then asks the referee to part the ring ropes for him as The Ace steps through them. He picks up the Xtreme title and walks over to the adjacent turnbuckle, climbing the second rope. He raises both arms in the air, the Xtreme title in his right hand. The Ace then climbs down an he walks to the middle of the ring as the song fades...
Eric: I see The Ace hasn't brought Kathy with him tonight, I wonder why, could it be that he doesn't trust Milo after what happened to Ruth, even though Conrad claims this is not the same Milo Holland?
Carter: Rumour has it that she is still recovering from an injured shoulder from her battle with Roxi last week...
Conrad instructs Milo to get back and let The Ace start the match, Dave smirks as he changes his mind and lets Adam Knite start the match...Adam gets into the ring, eager to get his hands on the Xtreme Champion...
Eric: It could be a preview of Last Stand right here...
The opening bell rings and Adam charges at The Ace and drops him with a stiff clothesline in the corner, The Ace rolls under the bottom rope away from a fuming Knite who tries to stomp him into the canvas...the crowd boo The Ace's cowardly retreat...
Eric: Ace wants no part of Knite...
Carter: Or he's just taking a breather...
Eric rolls his eyes at Carter as The Ace glares at Adam, shaking his head as Adam yells at him. The referee warns The Ace that he'll start the count if he doesn't get back in the ring. The Ace waves his hand away as if to say it wasn't worth it and turns around and begins walking away.
Eric: Can you believe this Carter? The Ace is walking away from the match!
The referee begins his count...1...2...3...4...5...Adam shakes his head and runs out of the ring after The Ace, he clotheslines The Ace in the back of the head on the ramp as the crowd cheer, Adam stomps him a few times before dragging The Ace back to his feet and placing him in a headlock as he leads him back to the ring...
Eric: The Xtreme Champion isn't going to get away from Knite that easy...
The referee has reached a count of 6 in his double count, as Adam rolls Ace under the botom rope back into the ring, The Ace quickly tags in Milo as Adam gets back into the ring, The Ace smirks as he stands on the apron looking at the shock on Adam's face as the big man stares at Adam through cold and emotionless eyes.
Carter: Business is about to pick up now...
Eric: Look at Ace, now he's enjoying himself...
Adam leaves his feet and attempts a standing dropkick but this merely staggers Milo back a few steps, Adam tries to run at the big man but gets caught by the throat, Milo walks Adam back into the middle of the ring, still in his grip.
Carter: If Milo hits this, it could be over quick.
Eric: No kidding...
Just as Milo is about to lift Adam up, Knite kicks him in the inside of his leg forcing Milo to double over and release him, Adam takes the opportunity to drop the big man with a single arm DDT...
Eric: Great counter by Knite there...
Carter: It was ok I suppose...
Adam runs to the ropes and rebounds off them attempting to hit a running Leg Drop on the fallen Milo but at the last second Milo rolls out of the way and Adam lands on his backside.
Carter: Now that was great!
Eric: Knite took a chance but this time it didn't pay off...
Milo is now back to his feet and he walks over to Adam before pulling him to his feet and scooping him up into a huge sidewalk slam right in the middle of the ring...Milo covers rather sloppily...1...2,,,Adam gets a shoulder up...
Carter: That was close...
Eric: But Milo's cover was rather arrogant in my opinion...
Carter: Conrad must be rubbing off on him...
Eric: Or Milo just wants to hurt Adam more...
Adam quickly rolls over to his corner where Dave is reaching out, as the crowd are cheering, but Milo is also back to his feet and before Adam can make the tag, Milo grabs Adam's leg and pulls him back. The crowd boo as The Ace is shouting encouragement to Milo...
Eric: Adam almost got the tag to Dave there...
Carter: But almost doesn't count...
Milo drags Adam by the leg over to the middle of the ring and stomps on it a few times, he then looks over at Dave and makes a cut throat gesture, but in his zealousness, Milo gets caught in a quick schoolboy roll up by the crafty Knite...1...2...Milo kicks out with such power that Knite almost falls over as he staggers back into the ropes...
Eric: Thst mistake by Milo almost cost him the matchh...
Carter: Yeah, but it didn't...
Milo gets slowly back to his feet and doesn't look too happy about almost losing the match as he stares at Adam, Knite stands firm as he stares back at Milo and tries to nail him with a Pwrfect Dark, but Milo catches Adam's foot. Adam then hops briefly on one fot before nailing Milo in the back of the head with an enziguri which finally brings Milo to his knees...
Eric: Knite caught Milo in the back of the head with that enziguri...
Carter: But Milo is still not down...
Adam wastes no time as he runs to the ropes and on the rebound knees Milo in the side of the head, finally knocking the big man down...
Eric: Now he is...
Adam quickly spots his chance and runs over to the corner to tag in Dave...
Eric: Knite got the tag...
Carter: And now its going to be brother against brother...
ave looks a bit hesitant to fight Milo as he steps through the ropes, but then Dave spots The Ace now begging for the tag, jumping up and down on the apron...Milo slowly gets to his feet and stares at his brother for a moment...
Eric: Look at Ace, all of a sudden he wants in...
Carter: I think he feels well rested enough now...
Eric: You are unbelievable...
Carter Thanks for noticing...
Dave points to The Ace and steps back as if telling Milo he was free to make the tag. Milo looks over at The Ace and slowly walks over and tags in the eager Xtreme Champion. The Ace steps through the ropes smirking...
Eric: This is the renewal of a classic rivalry here, these two men have never quite seen eye to eye...
Carter: No doubt there is a lot of history there...
The two rivals meet in the centre of the ring and The Ace is the first to strike with a stiff right hand to Dave's face, Dave answers with a right of his own. The two men exchange several blows but when neither man is able to gain any significant advantage, Conrad hops up on the apron to distract the referee giving The Ace the chance to kick Dave in the groin with a very deliberate low blow, the crowd boo mercilessly...
Eric: That's not right!
Carter: It is when the referee never saw it
As Dave hunches forward in pain, The Ace delivers a massive chop to the chest which knocks Dave down as The Ace lets out an emphatic 'woo' and laughs at the crowd's disapproval, he quickly grabs Dave's leg and kicks the inner thigh a few times before attempting the Figure Four Leg Lock, however Dave anticipates and grabs The Ace in an inside cradle to counter the move as the crowd erupt...
Eric: Inside cradle...it could be over here...
1...2...The Ace kicks out...
Carter: Haha, not that easy to get one over on the Xtreme Champion...
Dave doesn't allow himself to get frustrated and simply waits for The Ace to get back to his feet, before kicking him in the gut setting him up for a suplex but The Ace wraps his ankle around Dave's to block it before trying a suplex of his own, but as The Ace hoists Dave in the air, Dave shifts his body weight and squirm out of it landing on his feet behind Ace.
Eric: Impressive efforts by both men there...
Dave grabs The Ace in a waist lock as if he's going to attempt a German Suplex, but The Ace executes a standing switch, which Dave promptly reverses back into a switch of his own and finally hits a release German Suplex. The crowd cheer as Dave nips back up to his feet and goes over to drag Ace back to his, Dave tries to whip The Ace across the ring but The Ace reverses and Dave is whipped into the corner where Milo is. The Ace charges attempting to hit a back elbow but Dave raises his boot and kicks The Ace in the face. The Ace staggers holding his jaw and Dave wastes no time in going for a bulldog.
Eric: Counter after counter after counter...
Carter:These two men know each other so well...
Dave nails the bulldog much to the crowd's delight and points to the turnbuckle before climbing it, Dave signals for the Diamond Flight and just as Milo is about to knock Dave off, Conrad stops hi, with a simple instruction.
Eric: Milo was going to knock his brother off the top rope
Carter: And Conrad stopped him, the question is why?
Dave dives off for a perfect Diamond Flight, but at the last moment The Ace rolls out of the way and Dave hits nothing but canvas. Dave writhes in pain.
Carter: Nobody home that time...
Eric: It looks like Ace i going to go for the cover...
The Ace rolls Dave onto his back and hooks the leg...1...2...Dave barely rolls a shoulder out as the crowd cheer. The Ace pulls Dave up to his feet and attempts to set up Dave for the PokerfAce, but Dave counters it into a backslide pin...1...2...The Ace kicks out....
Eric: What a match!
Carter: Amazing...
Both men meet in the centre of the ring again and this time Dave delivers a few stiff rights to The Ace before setting him up for a Russian Leg Sweep, but The Ace blocks it with his leg and instead counters with the Russian Roulette...1...2...Knite comes in to break it up...
Carter: The Ace almost had it there!
Eric: Knite saves his partner...
Milo comes in at this point and takes down Knite with a stiff clothesline as Conrad once again keeps the referee's attention, Milo follows up with a few stomps to Knite's gut. In all commotion, The Ace gets out of the ring and looks for a weapon under the apron. A few moments later, he emerges with his steel roulette table rake and a sadistic smile on his face. The Ace re-enters the ring and clocks Dave in the head with it, busting him open while at the same time Milo nails Adam with a chokeslam. Knite rolls under the bottom rope out of the ring as Milo returns to his corner and The Ace slides the weapon out of the ring. The Ace goes for the cover as Conrad hops off the apron allowing the referee to do his job again.
Eric: No...not this way!
1...
Eric: Damn it...
2...
Eric: NO!
Dave is close enough to the ropes and somehow manages to put his foot on the bottom rope as the crowd go nuts for their hero...
Eric: He got hiss foot on the rope!
The referee stops the count and explains to The Ace about Dave having his foot on the rope, The Ace can't believe it and starts arguing with the referee. he shoves him and the referee shoves him back pointing to his shirt and yelling. Meanwhile Milo has hopped off the apron and both he and Conrad are laying the boots into the fallen Adam Knite. Dave staggers back to his feet slowly and stomps his foot, rallying the crowd behind him, he sprints up towards The Ace. but at the last moment The Ace spots it and ducks and the referee gets nailed with the full force of he Magic Touch. The referee's eyes roll into the back of his head as he rolls out of the ring and collapses.
Eric: My God the referee is out!
Carter: The Ace ducked that kick, but the referee wasn't so lucky...
Milo and Conrad whip Knite into the steel barricade and Milo picks him up above his head and drops Knite chest first into it, Milo and Conrad leave Knite slumped over the barricade and with the referee out, Milo enters the ring and delivers a huge uppercut to his brother which knocks the bloody Dave down, meanwhile Conrad enters the ring with a steel chair and wraps it around Dave's right ankle. He then barks instructions to Milo and The Ace and all three men stomp on the chair as Dave recoils and writhes in pain...
Eric: This is not right...somebody stop this!
Carter: Why don't you, Hardy?
The Ace kicks the chair away, before dropping to one knee and grabbing Dave's ankle in an ankle lock, Dave screams in pain as The Ace gets to his feet applying more pressure. Dave taps the mat repeatedly as The Ace laughs. Suddenly The Ace stops laughing as Knite nails him in the side of the head with a Perfect Dark. The crowd go nuts. Adam picks up the fallen chair and uses it to stab Milo in the gut and smack him in the head, the crowd roar with approval, as Knite nails Conrad too.
Carter: Where the hell did Knite come from?
Eric: I don't know but he just saved his partner!
He drops the chair and drags a semi concious Dave by the arm over the fallen Ace. Knite then quickly runs around to revive the referee and slides him into the ring, the woozy referee makes the count...1...2...somehow The Ace rolls a shoulder up!
Eric: My God, this match continues!
Carter: I guess The Ace is showing us all why he's a Champion...
Knite is in disbelief on the apron and wills Dave to make the tag, Dave shakes the cobwebs from his mind and limps over on his good leg to Knite, bleeding and in pain, and somehow manages to tag in the renewed Knite. The crowd are ecstatic.
Eric: Now Knite is in...
Carter: And The Ace has no partner to tag...
Eric: So this will be a preview of Last Stand...
The Ace kicks Knite in the gut and attempts a FameAcer, but Knite drops straight to the canvas, causing The Ace to fall on his ass...
Eric: Unique counter by Knite there...
Adam seizes the opportunity to grab The Ace's leg and roll him onto his stomach before applying A Restless Knite to The Ace who is in the middle of the ring with nowhere to go. The crowd are cheering as The Ace is screaming and crawling on his elbows to the ropes but the relentless Adam pulls him back, the referee is on his knees asking The Ace if he wants to give it up...The Ace shakes his head but has his arm raised as if he is about to tap, when suddenly Kathy runs through the crowd and jumps over the barricade, she grabs The Ace's Xtreme Championship from ringside and nails Adam Knite in the back of the head with it before running out the other side of the ring before the referee realises. Dave hops off the apron, clutching his head and attempts to chase Kathy away but as he approaches the foot of the ramp, limping as she is backpedalling, Kathy nails Dave with the belt too.
Eric: That damn Kathy!
Carter: She's just helping her man, Hardy!
Back in the ring, Knite staggers, wincing in pain. clutching the back of his head as The Ace slowly makes it back to his feet, trying to shake some feeling back into his leg he suddenly grabs Knite's head and nails a Reversal Of Fortune out of nowhere...he quickly follows up by hooking the leg...1...2...3!
Eric: Out of nowhere! The Ace has stolen it...
Carter: And just that quick, its over!
Amber Ashe: Here are your winners...MILO HOLLAND AND THE ACE!
'You Know My Name' hits as the crowd boo and The Ace walks over and drops off the edge of the ring apron and limps slowly over to his wife, who hands him his Xtreme Championship, as he realises he is at the foot of the standing over the body of a battered, broken and bleeding Dave Holland. He puts an arm around his wife's waist and raises the title high in the air in his right hand to overwhelming boos as Knite looks on, from the canvas seething.
Eric: Will this be the scene at Last Stand?
The Ace and Kathy kiss pasionately over the fallen body of Dave Holland, and in the warmth of her embrace, The Ace felt the spectre of Ruth and of failure to defeat Dave Holland leave his heart. He was finally complete and the journey to a victory that had eluded him for so many years was finally over.